European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2009

Final Round

DateTimeHome TeamAway Team
Final
23.01.201015:30Georgia28Finland30

Reference: [1]

Main Round Tables

PWDLFAPts
Group G1
*Georgia3300123766
Moldova3201116814
Azerbaijan310284932
Armenia3003501230
Group G2
*Finland3300113536
Malta320190764
Ireland3102741032
Scotland3003641070

Reference: [2]

Main Round Results

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
Group G1
30.10.200916:00Georgia41Azerbaijan23
30.10.200918:30Moldova46Armenia15
31.10.200916:00Armenia19Georgia44
31.10.200918:00Azerbaijan28Moldova36
01.11.200911:00Azerbaijan33Armenia16
01.11.200913:00Georgia38Moldova34
Group G2
30.10.200917:00Scotland14Finland38
30.10.200920:00Malta36Ireland20
31.10.200917:00Finland38Ireland19
31.10.200919:00Malta34Scotland21
01.11.200916:00Ireland35Scotland29
01.11.201918:00Finland37Malta20

Reference: [2]

Report

The Men’s Challenge Trophy was the European Handball Federations competition for emerging Nations. Having competed with club sides & countries like Greenland in the mid-1990s, Ireland entered this competition for the first time in 1999.

In Ireland’s fifth time entering the competition in 2009, they were placed in a Western Group involving Finland, who were hardly an emerging Nation at Olympic Handball, Malta & Scotland.

Ireland had a disappointing opening loss to Malta, before defeat to eventual Champions Finland. They won their last match 35-29 to finish off bottom for the second Challenge Trophy in a row, although more could have been expected following their showing in 2007.

Finland went on to win the Trophy, 30-28 in the Final against defending Champions Georgia.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The object of the sport is to pass the ball using only the hands in order to get into a semi-circle around the opposing teams goal, where a shot may be taken. Each score counts as one goal, and the court is the exact same as a Futsal court indeed Futsal was invented as an Indoor version of Soccer, using the Olympic Handball court.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2009 Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[2] European Handball Federation (2018) 2009 Men’s Challenge Trophy Main Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/2/Group+Matches [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

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